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Nuno Monteiro Azevedo, Maria Luísa Braga Farinha and Sérgio Oliveira
To obtain predictions closer to concrete behaviour, it is necessary to employ a particle model (PM) that considers contact softening. A bilinear softening contact model (BL) has been adopted in PM studies. Several limitations in PM predictions have been ...
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Suguru Sakuma and Tomoyuki Furutani
This study focuses on digital operational knowledge belonging to natural persons and proposes a greenfield approach to differentiate the value of intangibles from that of human intellectual capital. Our research approach involves two assessments. Assessm...
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Artem Marchenko, Rolands Kromanis and André G. Dorée
Temperature is the main driver of bridge response. It is continuously applied and may have complex distributions across the bridge. Daily temperature loads force bridges to undergo deformations that are larger than or equal to peak-to-peak traffic loads....
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Mingming Yang, Changhai Qin, Yongnan Zhu, Yong Zhao, Guohua He and Lizhen Wang
Inter-basin water transfer (IBWT) projects are an effective means of addressing regional water resource imbalances. However, owing to the long construction cycle, large investment amount, and wide impact range, water diversion projects exhibit delayed an...
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Ying Liu, Wenjing Shen, Kaixuan Fan, Weihao Pei and Shaomin Liu
The impacts of heavy metal pollution in arable soil on agricultural production, environmental health, and the wellbeing of urban and rural residents cannot be overlooked. It has become a significant bottleneck in achieving comprehensive rural revitalizat...
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Sajjad E. Rasheed, Duaa Al-Jeznawi, Musab Aied Qissab Al-Janabi and Luís Filipe Almeida Bernardo
The structural stability of pipe pile foundations under seismic loading stands as a critical concern, demanding an accurate assessment of the maximum settlement. Traditionally, this task has been addressed through complex numerical modeling, accounting f...
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Giuliana Favara, Martina Barchitta, Andrea Maugeri, Roberta Magnano San Lio and Antonella Agodi
Background: Natural language processing, such as ChatGPT, demonstrates growing potential across numerous research scenarios, also raising interest in its applications in public health and epidemiology. Here, we applied a bibliometric analysis for a syste...
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Yingyuting Li, Yili Zhang, Junyu Chen, Guangfei Yang, Haihui Li, Jinjin Wang and Wenyan Li
Yangchun City, a typical polymetallic ore distribution area in Guangdong Province (China), was selected as the research region to study the content, distribution, source, and possible impacts of heavy metals (HMs) (Arsenic: As; Cadmium: Cd; Chromium: Cr;...
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Elena A. Fedchenko, Andrey V. Nikiforov, Lyubov V. Gusarova, Lyudmila M. Tsareva and Alexey A. Maximov
The effective use of state property is one of the topical issues of economic policy affecting the interests of all segments of society. The need to comply with the principle of the effective use of budgetary funds is enshrined in Article 34 of the Budget...
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Ying Zhao, Huige Sun, Jingrui Tang, Ying Li, Zhihao Sun, Zhe Tao, Liang Guo and Sheng Chang
Surface water is a vital resource for human survival. However, economic and social development has resulted in significant pollutants from human activities, causing environmental pollution in watersheds. This pollution has had a profound impact on the su...
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